The Sun's Financial Diary

Just got this email from ING Direct. The online bank is currently running a promotion for its Electric Orange Checking Account. The promotion will give $25 bonus to each new customer when the following conditions are met: Open an Electric Orange with promotion code EM298 by August 22, 2009; Activate the Electric Orange MasterCard Debit [...]

Update: I was informed by Zecco that the promotion code is not transferable. Therefore, the bonus will only be rewarded to those who received the promotional email from Zecco and meet all the requirements. If you didn’t receive the original email, then you are not eligible for the bonus. I got this email from Zecco [...]

WTDirect, one of the popular online banks, is running a promotion again that, for a limited time, will give up to $150 bonus for every new account. The bank had run a few similar promotions in the past and from what I can see, the promotions were quite successful in generating interests. The yield of [...]

Even though I am a Bank of America customer, I don’t think I got this offer myself directly from the bank. But apparently the bank is giving $25 bonus for using their online bill pay functions twice. To get the bonus, you will need to register with the bank first. Information needed for the registration [...]

A quick post on a couple of new bank account bonuses. Bank of America is offering a $50 bonus when opening a new MyAccess Checking Account with promotion code GROUP50 and a minimum initial deposit of $25. According to the offer page, there’s no monthly fee for MyAccess Checking Account opened with the above promo [...]

Only one week into the peer-to-peer lending business, I already received my first payment of $0.80 ($0.60 principle plus $0.20 interest, that’s equivalent to 10.2% yield). It’s from a $25 loan I purchased last week using Lending Club Note Trading Platform (check out my Lending Club Note Trading Platform review for details). The loan isn’t [...]

American Express, together with Walmart, is offering its cardholders a $20 statement credit when spending $40 or more twice at Walmart stores or online at walmart.com. The cashback is offered via American Express Network. To receive this $20 credit, you will need to enroll your AMEX card (I enrolled my AMEX TrueEarnings Card, one of [...]

A quick roundup of referral or sign-up bonuses that are still available. I am all for taking the incentives, whether it’s a bank account, brokerage account, or a credit card. My theory is if that’s what I wanted, why let the free money pass by? Check out the list below to see if there’s anything [...]